# Sweeney's on Boylston: Agent-Direct Score B (76.5%)

Site: http://sweeneysboston.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/sweeneysboston.com
Scanned: 2026-10-23 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Sweeney's on Boylston is mostly ready for agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Sweeney's on Boylston's website. It can read what Sweeney's on Boylston offers. To book or order, it is sent to OpenTable, a marketplace.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://sweeneysboston.com/see-our-menu/
- Phone: +16179334803
- Address: 710 Boylston St, 02116-2602, Boston

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Sweeney's on Boylston that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Sólás Irish Pub (0 m): https://directindex.org/r/thebriargroup.com
- Newsfeed Cafe (70 m): https://directindex.org/r/thecateredaffair.com
- Bloome Fruit Tea (150 m): https://directindex.org/r/bloomefruittea.com
- Café Susu by Suitsupply (200 m): https://directindex.org/r/suitsupply.com

## What to fix first
- **Booking only through opentable.** (+12 points) Every transaction an agent makes goes through the marketplace, which takes its commission. Add a direct way on your own site. Even a simple form will do. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+3.3 points) Requests as ClaudeBot (http_403) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **OpenTable works with agents through its partners.** OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms. An assistant that isn't a partner may not be able to finish there. A direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
104 of 470 in Boston cafes and bars. Top 22% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 96% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 96% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 46% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 27% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Sólás Irish Pub (B, 3 m, https://directindex.org/r/thebriargroup.com); The Irving at The Lenox (B, 22 m, https://directindex.org/r/irvingatlenox.com); Capital One Café (D, 41 m, https://directindex.org/r/capitalone.com); Newsfeed Cafe (B, 66 m, https://directindex.org/r/thecateredaffair.com); Max Brenner (F, 84 m, https://directindex.org/r/maxbrenner.com); Bloome Fruit Tea (A, 152 m, https://directindex.org/r/bloomefruittea.com); Minibar (D, 163 m, https://directindex.org/r/minibarboston.com); Café Susu by Suitsupply (B, 202 m, https://directindex.org/r/suitsupply.com); Wired Puppy (F, 234 m, https://directindex.org/r/wiredpuppy.com); Au Bon Pain (D, 238 m, https://directindex.org/r/aubonpain.com).

## What assistants answer
The assistants haven't been asked about this business yet. They're asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about any business as soon as it's claimed. Claim this page to be included.

The assistants were asked 12 everyday questions about Boston cafes and bars and named 53 places. Sweeney's on Boylston wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/boston-cafes-bars/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 57% (28% A or B, 145483 sites); Sites using OpenTable 65% (38% A or B, 3121 sites); This site 76.5%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/sweeneysboston.com/agent-view

## Businesses like Sweeney's on Boylston in Boston cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Boston cafes and bars | 470 | 51% | 32% | 76.5% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Boston cafes and bars | 90 | 60% | 33% | 76.5% |
| Sites using OpenTable in Boston cafes and bars | 21 | 68% | 38% | 76.5% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using OpenTable in Boston cafes and bars | 7 | 63% | 14% | 76.5% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress and using OpenTable in Boston cafes and bars: Boston Ale House (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/bostonalehousegroup.com); Dovetail Restaurant & Shop (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/dovetailcharlestown.com); TEMPO (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/tempobistro.com); The Fed (C 64.6%, https://directindex.org/r/the-fed.com); Banners Kitchen & Tap (D 53.8%, https://directindex.org/r/bannerskitchenandtap.com).

With the two fixes above (Booking only through opentable; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door), the score would be about 100%, which would be first of 470 in Boston cafes and bars.

## The direct record
What agents get for Sweeney's on Boylston, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/sweeneysboston.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://sweeneysboston.com/see-our-menu/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +16179334803
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/sweeneysboston.com/menu

## Can an agent transact?
Measured, not scored (the score stays at spec v1.0).
- UCP profile (/.well-known/ucp, Google and Shopify's Universal Commerce Protocol): no
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): no
- MCP server card (/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): no
- Ordering vendor that takes agent orders (Square, Toast, or a vendor whose terms allow agents): no
- Vendor terms for agents, OpenTable: Through partners. OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Read 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 21.7 | 25 |
| Readable | 25 | 25 |
| Actionable | 3 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/sweeneysboston.com
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: yes
- AI bot rules in robots.txt: yes
- Content Signals in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/content-signals/SKILL.md)
- Markdown on Accept: text/markdown: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/markdown-negotiation/SKILL.md)
- llms.txt: yes
- API catalog (RFC 9727): no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/api-catalog/SKILL.md)
- MCP server card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/mcp-server-card/SKILL.md)
- A2A agent card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/a2a-agent-card/SKILL.md)
- Agent Skills index: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/agent-skills/SKILL.md)
- OAuth or OIDC discovery: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-discovery/SKILL.md)
- OAuth protected resource metadata: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-protected-resource/SKILL.md)
- auth.md: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/auth-md/SKILL.md)
- Web Bot Auth key directory: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/web-bot-auth/SKILL.md)
- ARD capability manifest: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ard/SKILL.md)
- DNS-AID records: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/dns-aid/SKILL.md)
- WebMCP tools on the page: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/webmcp/SKILL.md)
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/sweeneysboston.com/plan): the assistants are asked again every month, and you see what changed. 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/sweeneysboston.com/deep. Ten questions phrased the way people ask them, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF. 5 EUR, paid once. Reading and scanning stay free. These few euros pay for the questions sent to the assistants and for the servers.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=sweeneysboston.com&force=1